My thoughts on the Phillies season.

Spring Training: The Phils suffer a walk-off lost to the Astros on a three-run home run in extra-innings, 6-5.

The Phils lose in extra-inning on an one-out walk-off three run home run, losing to the Astros, 6-5.

The Astros broke a 0-0 tie in the fourth as, with two men on, and with one man out, Matt Down hits a sacrifice fly, scoring J.D. Martinez, who had earlier singled, then stopped at third on Carlos Lee’s double, giving the Astros a 1-0 lead. The Phils tied the game up at one-all in the sixth as, with one man on, and with two men out, Lou Montanez hits an RBI single, knocking in Pete Orr, who had earlier singled, then stole second base. The Phils took tthe lead in the seventh as, with the bases loaded, via Kevin Frandsen reaching base after being hit by a pitch, a walk to Freddy Galvis, moving Frandsen up to second base, and a single by Scott Podsednik, sending Frandsen on to third base, and Galvis up to second base, and with one man out, Orr hits a sacrifice fly, scoring Frandsen, giving the Phils a 2-1 lead. The Astros retied the game up at two-all in their half of the seventh as, with runners on the corners, and with two men out, Angel Sanchez hits an RBI single, knocking in Brian Bixler, who had earlier doubled, then went to third on Dom Brown’s throwing error after catching Justin Ruggiano’s fly out, while sending Jose Altuve, who had earlier walked, up to second base. The Phils then retook the lead in the eighth as, with runners on the corners, and with one man out, Steven Lerud hits an RBI single, knocking in pinch hitter Juan Pierre, who had earlier walked, then went to third on Brown’s single, giving the Phils a 3-2 lead, while sending Brown, who had just singled, up to second base. The Astros retied the game, now at three-all, in their half of the eighth as, with two men on, and with two men out, Bixler hits an RBI infield single, scoring Brandon Barnes, who was pinch running for Lee, who had just doubled, then went to third on Downs’ fly out to right. The Phils retook the lead in the tenth as, with one man out, Dom Brown hits a solo home run, his first home run of the spring, giving the Phils a 4-3 lead. Three batters later, with runners on second and third, and with still one man out, Galvis hits a sacrifice fly, knocking in Lerud, who had earlier singled, then stopped at third on Frandsen’s double, giving the Phils a 5-3 lead, while sending Frandsen, who had just doubled, on to third. The Astros then won the game in their half of the tenth as, with two men on, via a single by Jonathan Singleton, and a walk to Down, sending Singleton up to second base, and with one man out, Bixler hits a three-run home run, his first home run of the spring, scoring both Singleton and Down, giving the Astros a 6-5 walk-off extra-innings win.

Cole Hamels received a no-decision as he went five innings, giving up a run on four hits, while striking out four. Dave Bush pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits, while striking out a batter. Raul Valdes blew his first save opportunity of the spring, as he pitched an inning, giving up a run on two hits and a walk, while striking out a batter. Brian Sanches blew his first save opportunity of the spring as he went two innings, giving up a run on two hits and a walk. Jeremy Horst blew his first save opportunity of the spring, before taking the lost (1-1, 9.00) as he pitched a third of an inning, giving up three runs on two hits and a walk, while striking out a batter. Livan Hernandez also received a no-decision as he pitched five scoreless innings, striking out a batter. David Carpenter blew his first save opportunity of the spring as he pitched an inning, giving up a run on two hits. Rhiner Cruz pitched a third of an inning, giving up a run on two hits and a walk. Fernando Abad pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up no runs or hits. Lucas Harrell pitched two innings, giving up a run on three hits and a walk. Enerio Del Rosario (1-0, 11.57) got the win as he pitched an inning, giving up two runs on three hits, while striking out a batter.

The Phils had fifteen hits in the game, with Lou Martinez (Singles, RBI), Dom Brown (Single, Home Run, RBI), Steven Lerud (Singles, RBI) , Michael Martinez (Singles) and Freddy Galvis (Singles, RBI) all leading the team with two hits apiece. Scott Podsednik (Single), Pete Orr (Single, RBI), Hunter Pence (Double), Brian Schneider (Single) and Kevin Frandsen (Double), had the other five Phils’ hits. The Phils also had two walks, and two stolen bases (Montanez, Orr) in the game.

The Phils (5-6) next game will be tomorrow afternoon at Bright House Field in Clearwater against the Twins (6-6). The game’s start time is 1:05 pm EDT.

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